Ruby Walker, 87, of Gillette, Wyo., and formerly of Selfridge, N.D., passed away Sunday, April 28, 2013, at Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gillette. Arrangements are pending with Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge.

Gillette, Wyo.: A memorial service for Elmer Schulz, 78, of Gillette and formerly of McLaughlin will be 10 a.m. CT, Saturday, June 20, at Kesling Funeral Chapel in Mobridge. Elmer Schulz passed away of cancer at his home in Gillette Tuesday, June 9, 2009.

Gillette, Wyo. - Funeral services for Bryan Graham, 54, of Gillette will be at 10 a.m. Friday, March 7, 2008, at Stevenson-Wilson Funeral Home. He died Sunday, March 2, 2008, upon losing his battle with cancer. He married Vicki LeAnn Bohl, formerly of Aberdeen, on June 7, 1989, in Torrington, Wyo. Memorials and condolences may be sent to Stevenson-Wilson Funeral Home, 210 W. 5th St., Gillette, WY 82716 or via the internet at www.stevenson wilson.com

A daughter, Rosalinn Jane Pierson, was born Sept. 10, 2009, at Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gillette, Wyo., to Elizabeth (Couchot) and Matthew Pierson of Gillette. Grandparents are Roger and Carol Couchot of Maple Grove, Minn., and Lex and Brenda Pierson of Aberdeen. Great-grandparent is Frances Wolff of Aberdeen.

Gillette, Wyo. - Frances "Fannie" Wormke, 87, of Gillette, Wyo., and formally of Webster, died on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007, at Pioneer Manor in Gillette. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 19, 2007, at the American Lutheran Church in Webster, Rev. Jan FitzGibbon officiating. Burial will be in the Homer Cemetery in Pierpont. Visitation will be at Fiksdal Funeral Service in Webster on Thursday, 4-8 p.m., and prior to services on Friday at the church.

Gillette, Wyo.: Funeral services for Jesse Thompson, 49, of Gillette and formerly of Eagle Butte, will be 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, at the Cultural Center in Eagle Butte. Burial will follow at Eagle Butte Cemetery, under the direction of Stout Family Funeral Home in Mobridge. Meet at the 4-mile Junction at 4 p.m. Sunday to process to the Cultural Center for wake services beginning at 7 p.m. Jesse entered the spirit world on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, in Gillette.

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — These gnomes are looking for good homes. Office supplies, computers, tools, even vehicles — people can buy all sorts of things at the annual Gillette city auction. Those things aren't nearly as peculiar as the dozens of lawn gnomes sitting in the evidence room at the Police Department. The city plans to offer the 143 gnomes at its auction Thursday. The Gillette News-Record reports Gillette police recovered dozens of gnomes stolen from yards around northeast Wyoming in May. Two teenage girls are the alleged culprits.

RAPID CITY -- Rapid City Stevens and Laramie, Wyo., won team titles at the Rapid City Invitational cross country meet Friday. Stevens scored 54 points to win the girls' division, with Gillette, Wyo., 10 points back. Laramie scored 28 points to easily outdistance Stevens (79 points) in the boys' division. Individually, Jonah Henry of Laramie was the boys' champion, while Tamara Gorman of Stevens won the girls' race. Out-of-state runners dominated the top of the leaderboard in the boys' division, with only three South Dakotans in the top ten. Laramie placed four runners in the top eight.

Funeral services for Ruby Walker, 87, of Gillette, and formerly of Selfridge, N.D., will be Saturday, May 4, 2013, at 10 a.m. CT, at the Selfridge School Gym. Burial will be at the Selfridge Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Visitation will start at 5 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m. at the Assembly of God Church in Selfridge. Ruby passed away Sunday, April 28, 2013, in Gillette.

Margot Gillette, Aberdeen Downtown Association executive director, has resigned to take an economic development position in Doland. She will be the executive director of Beadle and Spink Enterprise Community Inc., a nonprofit organization that works to attract and support economic development in the area. The group also addresses other concerns within the two counties. In her six years at the Aberdeen Downtown Association, projects Gillette was involved with included the Main Street streetscape renovation and the facade grant program.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A Colorado company expects to get regulatory approval soon so it can begin to exploit bacteria to revive hundreds of tapped-out gas wells in northeast Wyoming. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality is considering granting a permit to Luca Technologies Inc. that would allow the company to put substances underground to encourage the growth of bacteria. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management also is reviewing the company's plans. The bacteria are naturally present in water-saturated coal seams.

Gillette, Wyo.: Funeral services for Jesse Thompson, 49, of Gillette and formerly of Eagle Butte, will be 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, at the Cultural Center in Eagle Butte. Burial will follow at Eagle Butte Cemetery, under the direction of Stout Family Funeral Home in Mobridge. Meet at the 4-mile Junction at 4 p.m. Sunday to process to the Cultural Center for wake services beginning at 7 p.m. Jesse entered the spirit world on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, in Gillette.

Jeff Grosz and Nicole Fandrich are engaged and plan an Aug. 20 wedding at First Baptist Church in Aberdeen. Parents of the couple are Ron and Dedra Grosz of Armour and Marvin and Kathy Fandrich of Aberdeen. The groom-to-be and the bride-to-be graduated from Mitchell Technical Institute in 2004 and 2003, respectively. He is a lineman foreman for Wyoming Line Builders in Gillette, Wyo., and she is a journeyman lineman for the city of Gillette.

Gillette, Wyo.: Memorial service for Janet Koenig, 77, of Gillette will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Mobridge. Burial will be prior to services at 10:30 a.m. at Greenwood Cemetery in Mobridge under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Visitation will be Thursday, 4-8 at the funeral home with prayer service at 8. Janet passed away Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital.